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the black media encyclopedia that anyone can edit that anyone can edit
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Harpo's Juke Joint is a collaborative project to create the most definitive, accurate, and accessible encyclopedia and reference for everything related to black films, television shows, and plays - and the people who made those projects possible. The database is organized in a WikiWiki structure, which allows an incredible level of interconnectedness and expansion. We started in April 2006, and the database currently includes 99 articles. If you're new to the Joint, please join us! Visit the Help page and experiment with the sandbox to learn how you can contribute to any article right now!

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Radio deejay, crack addict, and savior of a snake full of planes, Samuel L. Jackson has been there, done that, and bought the entire t-shirt empire. The highest grossing actor in the history of film got his start in 1972, and has acted in at least one project every year since 1988. Read more about this Academy Award-nominated actor here's at Harpo's Juke Joint.edit
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Radio deejay, crack addict, and savior of a snake full of planes, Samuel L. Jackson has been there, done that, and bought the entire t-shirt empire. The highest grossing actor in the history of film got his start in 1972, and has acted in at least one project every year since 1988. Read more about this Academy Award-nominated actor here's at Harpo's Juke Joint.

Clip of the week

Tupac Shakur & Omar Epps in Ernest Dickerson'sJuice, released in 1992. This movie was Shakur's first acting role, as well as Dickerson's directing debut. watch // edit
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Tupac Shakur & Omar Epps in Ernest Dickerson'sJuice, released in 1992. This movie was Shakur's first acting role, as well as Dickerson's directing debut.

Recent clips

6 May Chris Rock, Kerry Washington, and Michael Kenneth Williams in a scene from I Think I Love My Wife

10 Mar Gamma Phi Gamma gets some stiff competition in School Daze

27 Nov UPN - the black man's friend! A clip from season two of The Chris Rock Show

12 Nov: Wanda Sykes is washed-up one-hit wonder Salvina Delvina in a clip from The Chris Rock Show

12 Nov A clip from the second season of The Chris Rock Show - Wanda Sykes as Salvina Delvina. You better get away from her man!

5 Nov: Legends Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee have one of their usual verbal spats in Do the Right Thing

5 Nov: Everyone's a little bit racist...Spike Lee style! A clip from Do the Right Thing

26 Oct: Jada Pinkett Smith and Mos Def in Bamboozled

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Trivia - October 2006

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1) On the sitcom Martin, Martin Payne was from Detroit. Where was Gina Waters from?

2) Before she became an actress, what singing legend was among the first black performers at the New York Metropolitan Opera House?

3) True or false: Spike Lee folowed up the success of his debut film She's Gotta Have It with Do the Right Thing in 1989.

Think you know the answers? Click here to find out!

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